Mr. PeanutButter

You write about Swafford more than his own brother. You guys related? Used to lift at the Y together?

As an Iowa fan, I actually find myself gravitating more towards your point of view than that of a lot of message board active Iowa fans. It does feel like, despite being consistently a trophy hunting team, that Iowa has underperformed and more often than I care to recall. Not having a champion every year stinks even if that might be due to PSU's success clouding my judgment. It also stinks that some of our highly touted recruits have come up short (Marinelli, Evans, Warner, Moore, come to mind) and that we seem to be beleaguered by injuries every year. I've heard many different rationalizations for these things from the fans over the years and some of them even make sense. Still, it stinks. Even admitting to all that, I'm not sure which coaching staff out there could be expected to do much better than the Brands have. It would be interesting to get someone outside of the program on staff, just to see what they could do. Iowa has gotten a very solid corps of recruits over the last half a dozen years or so but they are still behind PSU in this regard. Moreover, I would argue that they haven't even consistently been the #2 recruiting team during this time period. The last time I looked at the data I felt that that distinction belonged to The University. But my glasses may have been foggy. The transfer portal has been good to them. But, unfortunately, that seems to be our new reality and if you don't use it you'll find yourself falling behind. Even so it's not like this has played to their great advantage, either. I think PSU, and more recently, Michigan, have scooped bounties out of the portal just as much, as if not more, than Iowa.

Why do you get off on playing the victim?

I haven't followed the Ferrari's. Is Angelo a good enough prospect to warrant title threat status?

Love the idea. But add a strong incentive to get all the top dogs to compete in it. Seeding implications?

Whatever the circumstwnces, I still don't want this self fellating turd biscuit anywhere near the Iowa Hawkeyes.

I would welcome this change. The Brands have done about as well as anyone outside of Kale and Kompany but I think it's safe to say that a shakeup is needed if the hawks wish to get back up to the tippy top

Very interesting. Not sure what to make it of it. Hasn't Terry gone on record saying he doesn't like all the ancillary responsibilities that come with a head coaching position? Maybe this is a way for him to haggle for a higher salary with Iowa?

Where is this Hawkeye love you speak of? Many fans, including myself, are turning up their noses at the prospect of having AJ on the team. In terms of performance, aren't they currently ranked, like 12th or something? Half the team is projected to be out due to gambling issues. Prospects overall are pretty crummy. I fly in every year to catch a few duals. I won't be doing that this year (mostly because of the Ferraris)

Dayum I wish I had that kind of money in college (even now would be nice, too)

Interesting. Where is this reported?

gambling?...

Hope you find what you are looking for. Wish I could help personally. If nothing else a potential option would be to contact MMA gyms in the area. I know from personal experience that many are eager to welcome more wrestling based athletes into their sessions

Is there anything sound to the Gable to Iowa idea or is this just pure, irresponsible speculation?

This is oddly specific...

Maybe we should entertain a limit on how many transfers any school can net in a single year. Is 2 a good number? It sucks seeing smaller name schools get screwed over year over yead

Is moving a 5th place finisher at 174 up a weight class really the best option? Seems like Brands is finally starting to hit his groove.

Huh. I guess depth is good to have. Don't really know if either will see the starting lineup.

The company that should not be named posted the entire freestyle portion of finalX on YouTube. Nice gesture

Gilman spoke numerous times around the time he was getting ready to jump ship about the hamstring injury he suffered late 2018 and how hamstrung he felt afterwards so part of his improvement curve had a lot to do with getting healthy. Still, it does appear that the change in location has done well by him. If we're keen on incomplete narratives then I think it's important to note that both RBY and Max Dean regressed this past year and Facundo failed to live up to the hype Now excuse me while I go shudder in a corner about what the Ferraris are about to do to IC

I get that Angelo's only "sin" (to use another poster's words) is who he is related to, but I really, really, very much don't want this family anywhere near the program. Just a random hawk fan's perspective. If AJ is taken on board, I'm not sure what I'll do. Gable and the Iowa wrestling program did a lot for my family so I'll always have some respect for it. I just can't imagine actively supporting the program when they have such a cancer in their presence. And yeah, I'm aware that there are similar if not worse characters in other sports, especially the major popular ones. I'm not a fan of those sports though and don't contribute money to those teams.

Yeah, he was my favorite to watch. But I feel like he got plenty of awe and respect while in college, at least in my circles. I can't think of another wrestler that made his opponent doggedly pursue the ride out (all while getting called for stalling) just to avoid a tech fall.

Good riddance. Courting the Ferraris was the dumbest thing TNT tried to since deluding themselves that they could rein in Downey and "bring out the good in him"

Gable Steveson

This doesn't make sense but nothing makes sense so...